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The continued Pelosi reign is troublesome for anyone who genuinely wants to break gridlock: Pelosi represents a wing of the Democratic Party that can barely fathom why conservatism exists, that sees Republicans as not much more than evangelicals and Luddites, and that views the debate through the lens of safe seats where liberal blogs pose more of a political danger than Republicans.

Pelosi's wing of the party is the one that blithely squandered a majority in 2010, and it poses as much of a threat to a grand compromise as does any force on the right.

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